A God of War fan has made a piece of fan art that succinctly captures the long legacy started by Cronos. Cronos himself is an actual character in Greek myth. He was the son of Gaia also a major figure in the original God of War series that was released on the PlayStation 2 and 3.
Cronos backstory is, of course, slightly different in the God of War series than in Greek myth, but there is some surprising overlap. For instance in Greek myth, Cronos was responsible for the creation of the Furies the primary antagonists of 2013’s God of War Ascension. Cronos killed his own father the primordial god Ouranos and the Furies were birthed from his spilled blood thus beginning the chain of sons killing fathers. Cronos went on to sire six children who were prophesied to overthrow him so he swallowed them all. But Gaia managed to hide the sixth child who she named Zeus.
The fan art, created by a Reddit user named Hdhs1 depicts the lineage of Cronos. A large and looming Cronos gives way to his son the mighty Zeus, the king of Olympus and the ultimate ruler of the Greek pantheon. In the games Zeus went on to father two sons with a mortal woman named Callisto. One of those children is the next character down the line in the fan art and the primary protagonist of the God of War series Kratos.
The Greek gods used Kratos as a pawn tricking him into killing his own wife and child and cursing him to wear their ashes on his skin for the remainder of his days. After killing off the entire Greek pantheon over the course of the first three God of War games and its two PS Vita entries Kratos escaped to the realm of Norse mythology. He fell in love with a woman named Fey with whom he had a son named Atreus depicted as the child just below Kratos in the image posted to the God of War Raganork subreddit.
Finally and quite subtly the image offers only a small glimpse of the prominent Norse mythological character spawned by Atreus Jormungandr the World Serpent. In 2018’s God of War it’s revealed that Arteus is Loki the trickster god of Norse myth. According to legend Loki had three children with the Giant Angrboda. Odin tossed Jormungandr into the sea where he grew so large that he was able to wrap himself around the world. In God of War lore Loki created Jormungandr in a more magical less paternal sense. While exploring the home of Angrboda’s grandmother Loki transferred the soul of a dead Giant into the body of a large snake. The snake came alive and slithered away. It would grow to gigantic proportions and would later be sent back in time by Thor as depicted in the final battle of God of War Ragnarok in accordance with Norse myth.
0 Comments